Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सुरंगैश्चापि नारंगैरंगमंडपवच्छियः । वानीरैश्चापि जंबीरैर्बीजपूरैः प्रपूरितम्

Transliteration

suraṃgaiścāpi nāraṃgairaṃgamaṃḍapavacchiyaḥ | vānīraiścāpi jaṃbīrairbījapūraiḥ prapūritam

Translation

சுரங்கம், நாரங்கம் போன்ற மணமிகு கனிகளால்—அழகின் அரங்கமண்டபம்போல்—நிறைந்தது; மேலும் வானீரம், ஜம்பீரம், பீஜபூர மரங்களாலும் பெருகி இருந்தது।

Word by Word

• सुरंगैः: with citron/‘suraṅga’ fruits/trees
• सुरंगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (masculine, instrumental plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• नारंगैः: with oranges (nāraṅga)
• नारंगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (masculine, instrumental plural)

• अंगमंडपवत्: like a stage/pavilion
• अंगमंडपवत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अंगमंडपवत् (प्रातिपदिक) = अंगमंडप + वत्
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः/तुल्यताबोधकः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनवत् (indeclinable-like ‘-वत्’: like/as); समासः—अंगस्य मण्डपः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष + वत्

• छ्रियः: splendours, beauties
• छ्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (feminine, nominative/accusative plural); छ्-आदेशः (छ्रियः = श्रियः)

• वानीरैः: with vānīra trees (reed/willow-like)
• वानीरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (masculine, instrumental plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle)

• जंबीरैः: with lemons/citrons (jaṃbīra)
• जंबीरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जंबीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (masculine, instrumental plural)

• बीजपूरैः: with pomegranates (bījapūra)
• बीजपूरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीजपूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (masculine, instrumental plural)

• प्रपूरितम्: filled, fully stocked
• प्रपूरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√पूर् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (PPP, neuter nom/acc sg)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fragrant orchard-like grove: citrons, oranges, and bījapūra trees crowd together, forming a natural ‘beauty pavilion’ with hanging fruits like lamps and garlands.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• nāraṅga (orange)
• jambīra
• bījapūra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holiness of Kāśī is expressed through abundance and harmony—nature itself becomes an ornament of the sacred kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-kṣetra as a whole, depicted through its fruit-bearing sacred groves.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive māhātmya emphasizing Kāśī’s auspicious environment.